Benjamin Franklin High School, New York, New York. High school boys growing physically fit through exercise. Photo by William Perlitch, 1942
This preserved scene shows Seven teenagers are running in and out between posts in a dirt track. The catalog record identifies and dates the moment as: Benjamin Franklin High School, New York, New York. High school boys growing physically fit through exercise. Photo by William Perlitch, 1942
This preserved scene shows Seven teenagers are running in and out between posts in a dirt track. The catalog record identifies and dates the moment as: Benjamin Franklin High School, New York, New York. High school boys growing physically fit through exercise. Photo by William Perlitch, 1942
Historical photographs preserve details that written records can miss: clothing, tools, architecture, body language, and the ordinary environments around important changes.
Image: Library of Congress | View original catalog record
Andy Warhol, artist, with a Polavision movie camera. Photo by Bernard Gotfryd, around 1977.
Georgia O’Keeffe, artist, sitting in her home studio. Photo by Balthazar Korab Studios, 1965.
Hodge Open Air School, Cleveland, Ohio. Unattributed photo, 1900-1920